You can’t make this stuff up.
Unlike the droughts of the 1930s, this one is occurring in a much warmer climate, a byproduct of manmade global warming. Seager said that although it most likely didn’t trigger the drought, it’s possible that global warming is making this drought worse than it would otherwise be.
Drought Has Ties to La Niña, with Global Warming Assist | Climate Central
According to the daily average thermometer data reported by USHCN, four of the five hottest summers in US history occurred during the 1930s. The other one was 1901.
1936 75.2031 1934 74.8203 1901 74.5033 1933 73.8776 1931 73.8529
According to the monthly maximum thermometer data reported by USHCN, three of the five hottest summers in US history occurred during the 1930s. The other two were in 1901 and 1988.
1936 88.8689 1934 88.2747 1988 87.4309 1933 87.4006 1901 87.1846
The summer of 2012 has no chance of cracking the top five. It won’t even be close.
The US weather bureau maps from 1936 show the incredible heat that summer
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/064/mwr-064-07-c1.pdf
http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/064/mwr-064-08-c1.pdf
In 1936, people were dying by the thousands from the heat.
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h/t to Marc Morano
Global Warming causes the oceans to cool.
“… it’s possible that global warming is making this drought worse than it would otherwise be.”
Yep. It is possible that the rebound in temperatures since the LIA have exacerbated the current conditions.
So what. Next you will be blaming man… 😉
I had to laugh at the “flash drought” quote in the article ….. another glo-bull warming term designed to scare the children and simple minded 😉
Was this the first use of it or just a first for me seeing it?
umm?
so the claim of no temp records before some 50 years back?
Gore was it?